2018 CFC and CJCFC Team Staff appointments

Scottish Fencing has appointed Michelle Johnston as Team Manger and Andy Alderman as Lead Coach for the Junior and Senior Commonwealth Championships. They will work together to oversee the preparation of the Scotland teams for both events, the first in Newcastle in July and the second in Canberra, Australia, in November.

Both are well-known to the Scottish Fencing community. Fencing as Michelle Guarino, Michelle is an experienced international competitor and was part of our gold-medal women’s sabre team at the last Commonwealth Championships in Largs in 2014. Andy has worked with Scottish teams at many events, senior and junior, including the last two Commonwealth Championships, in Melbourne and Largs. He coached in Shetland for many years but is now based in Edinburgh.